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For nurses in Illinois, expectation of violence ‘a fundamental part of the job,’ study says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new report from a University of Illinois labor expert found that 90 percent of nurses surveyed in Illinois experienced violence on the job at least once during the past 12 months, with 50 percent experiencing it six times or more during that period. According to research from Emily E. LB. Twarog, […]
How will upcoming Supreme Court case, teacher strikes affect organized labor?
Editor’s note: Robert Bruno is a professor of labor and employment relations at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois and the director of the Labor Education Program in Chicago. Bruno, who has testified on labor issues before the education and workforce committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke with News Bureau business […]
Paper: Surprise can be an agent of social change
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A jolt of the unexpected can have far-reaching effects, according to new research from a University of Illinois expert who studies leadership and creativity. Surprises are memorable, able to garner attention and arouse emotion, but a less heralded effect is that they can serve to shift attitudes and provide an avenue to […]
Paper: Changes in NFL mirror changes in modern workplace
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sports and society have been intertwined since ancient Greece, so it should come as little surprise that NFL football continues to be influenced by workplaces far removed from the playing field, says a new paper from a University of Illinois expert who studies the cultural and labor history of sports. From the […]
Would replacing food stamps with food boxes reduce hunger?
Craig Gundersen, the Soybean Industry Endowed Professor of Agricultural Strategy at the University of Illinois College of ACES, is an agricultural economist who studies the causes and consequences of food insecurity and the impact of food assistance programs on public health. He spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the Trump […]
Social media as good a barometer of public health attitudes as traditional phone polling
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A record number of Americans are able to access the internet from their home or their smartphone, and nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults have a social media account, according to the Pew Research Center. If the share of Americans using social media is the highest it’s ever been, what insights can […]
In impoverished communities, health care awareness as important as access, affordability
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The charitable efforts of international not-for-profit organizations that provide health care in underserved communities around the globe are well-known and rightfully lauded, but little attention has been paid to the long-term viability of that care. New research co-written by a University of Illinois expert who studies supply chain management and technology adoption […]
Product recall decisions need balance to prevent overreacting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As health care and technology become ever more intertwined, the importance of data-driven, evidence-based product recall decisions is only going to accelerate. According to published research co-written by a University of Illinois expert who studies technology adoption in health care, the timely detection of potential medical device recalls could both reduce the […]
New book tackles challenges of strategic brand management in global markets
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book co-written by a University of Illinois expert in consumer behavior and global marketing explores strategic brand management in a way that’s scalable from the individual entrepreneur all the way up to the multinational corporation. “Strategic Brand Management: Lessons for Winning Brands in Globalized Markets,” published by Oxford University Press, […]
New book explores housewives, food and consumer protests in 20th-century America
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book from a University of Illinois labor historian who studies women’s labor education and consumer activism chronicles how working- and middle-class women used their identity as housewives to protest the high cost of food in mid-20th-century America. The idea of the single breadwinner, the rising cost of meat and the […]
Scientists: Expanding Brazilian sugarcane could dent global CO2 emissions
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 5.6 percent, researchers report in the journal Nature Climate Change. This would be a massive undertaking, involving the conversion of hundreds of thousands of square miles — at its most ambitious, more […]
To kick-start creativity, offer money, not plaudits, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — How should employers reward creative types for turning in fresh, inventive work: with a plaque or a party recognizing their achievement, or with cold, hard cash? According to new research co-written by a University of Illinois expert in product development and marketing, it’s all about the money, honey. In contexts where a […]